I am a political scientist interested in the emergence of democratic institutions, representation, and data science.

TEACHING

I teach/taught classes at the University of Zürich, University College London, the University of Essex, King’s College London, Waseda University (Tokyo), and the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. I often teach various courses that can be labeled data science. I also offer courses in comparative politics (representation, democratization).

Current Courses:

Institutional Origins (MA, University of Zürich, Spring 20XX)

How have democratic institutions been adopted and what explains their emergence? Mostly focused on 19th century and Western Europe – ballot secrecy, taxation, changes to electoral systems, direct democratic institutions.

Survey Research (MA, University of Zürich, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Co-taught with Marco Steenbergen. Course starts with how we can think of opinions and ideology and how individuals answer surveys. Creating survey questions and fielding surveys. Analyzing probability and non-probability samples.

Principles of Research Design (BSc, University College London, Fall 2015)Research design class for first year undergraduate students in Public Health, Geography, and PPE (Philosophy, Politics, Economics). Scientific process, threats to inference (selection, OVB, …), experimental research (laboratory, field, and natural), and research ethics.